On Wednesday, a service was held at the Veterans Memorial Gardens and Interpretive Centre in Grande Prairie to mark Indigenous Veterans Day.
This year’s event also included the unveiling of two new art pieces that have been added to the area. One is called Infinity, which is a Métis war memorial and the other is called Invisible, which is an Indigenous War Memorial.
Both pieces were made by Grant Berg of the Grant Berg Gallery.
Invisible is to honour and remember Metis soldiers. The request was for the Metis symbol. One of the reasons aircraft aluminum was chosen, is that it is an alloy of metals as Metis are a blend of races, an alloy of peoples. Both played important rolls in battle as we remember the sacrifices of our Veterans this week.
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